Takurō Kubo (Japanese: 久保 琢郎, Hepburn: Kubo Takurō, born May 26, 1971 in Hakodate, Hokkaido), better known by his stage name TAKURO, is a Japanese musician and lyricist best known as one of the guitarists and leader of the rock band Glay, for which he is also the main composer and lyricist.

He considers his mother an early influence in his musical career, as he was strongly impressed by her singing.

He has believed in that power ever sinceLater on, during his adolescence, he would be influenced by John Lennon, and would develop a great interest in writing lyrics.

In 2006, he was quoted in an article about new concepts of Japanese family models in the Mainichi website.

[4] In 2001, together with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takuro started the "Artists Power", an organization that brings together musicians interested in being active in the search of alternative energy.

[7] In 2003 Takuro released "Kyoukai", an auto-biographical book, in which he writes about his personal life and his musical work.

They also announced the release of their first album "Alstroemeria", but didn't provide detailed information on this record.